{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe30/sbe30049.htm","path":"hin/sbe30/sbe30049.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe30/sbe30049.htm","text":"The Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30), by Hermann Oldenberg, [1892]\n1. (This verse the teacher) murmurs in (the boy's) right ear;\n2. (The verse), 'Life-giving, Agni' (Taitt. Samh. I, 3, 14, 4) in his left ear.\n3. 3 Both times he adds (to the verses quoted in the last S\u00fbtras the formula), 'Stand fast in Agni and on the earth, in V\u00e2yu and in the air, in S\u00fbrya and in heaven. The bliss in which Agni, V\u00e2yu, the sun, the moon, and the waters go their way, in that bliss go thy way, N.N.! Thou hast become the pupil of breath, N.N.!'\n4. 4 Approaching his mouth to (the boy's) mouth he murmurs, 'Intelligence may Indra give thee, intelligence the goddess Sarasvat\u00ee. Intelligence may the two Asvins, wreathed with lotus, bestow on thee.'\n5. 5 He then gives (the boy) in charge (to the gods and demons, with the formulas), 'To Kashaka (?) I\ngive thee in charge. To Antaka I give thee in charge. To Aghora (\"the not frightful one\") I give thee in charge. To Disease . . . to Yama . . . to Makha . . . to Vasin\u00ee (\"the ruling goddess\") . . . to the earth together with Vaisv\u00e2nara . . . to the waters . . . to the herbs . . . to the trees . . . to Heaven and Earth . . . to welfare . . . to holy lustre . . . to the Visve dev\u00e2s . . . to all beings . . . to all deities I give thee in charge.'\n6. 6 He now teaches him the S\u00e2vitr\u00ee, if he has (already) been initiated before.\n7. If he has not been initiated (before, he teaches him the S\u00e2vitr\u00ee) after three days have elapsed.\n8. (He does so) immediately, says Pushkaras\u00e2di.\n9. 9 Having placed to the west of the fire a bunch of grass with its points directed towards the north, (the teacher) sits down thereon, facing the east, with (the formula), 'A giver of royal power art thou, a teacher's seat. May I not withdraw from thee.'\n10. The boy raises his joined hands towards the sun, embraces (the feet of) his teacher, sits down to the south (of the teacher), addresses (him), 'Recite, sir!' and then says, 'Recite the S\u00e2vitr\u00ee, sir!'\n11. Having recited over (the boy the verse), 'We call thee, the lord of the hosts' (Taitt. Samh. II, 3, 14, 3), he then recites (the S\u00e2vitr\u00ee) to him, firstly P\u00e2da by P\u00e2da, then hemistich by hemistich, and then the whole verse (in the following way),\n'Bh\u00fbs! Tat Savitur varenyam (That adorable splendour)\u2014\n'Bhuvo! Bhargo devasya dh\u00eemahi (of the divine Savitri may we obtain)\u2014\n'Suvar! Dhiyo yo nah prakoday\u00e2t (who should rouse our prayers).\u2014\n'Bh\u00fbr bhuvas! Tat Savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dh\u00eemahi\u2014\n'Suvar! Dhiyo yo nah prakoday\u00e2t.\u2014\n'Bh\u00fbr bhuvah suvas! Tat Savitur . . . prakoday\u00e2t.'\n153:3 6, 3. \u00c2sval\u00e2yana I, 20, 8.\n153:4 \u00c2sval\u00e2yana I, 15, 2; 22, 26; P\u00e2raskara II, 4, 8.\n153:5 Comp. S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana II, 3, 1; P\u00e2raskara II, 2, 21. The name p. 154 in the first section of the Mantra is spelt Kashak\u00e2ya and Kasak\u00e2ya. Comp. Mantra-Br\u00e2hmana I, 6, 22: Krisana, idam te paridad\u00e2my amum; Atharva-veda IV, 10, 7: Karsanas tv\u00e2bhirakshatu.\n154:6 'A repetition of the initiation takes place as a penance.' M\u00e2tridatta.\n154:9 9-11. Comp. S\u00e2\u1e45kh\u00e2yana II, 5, &c.","title":"Grihya Sutras, Part 2 (SBE30): Grihya S\u00fbtra of Hiranyakesin: I, 2, 6","type":"page"}